Railway car body



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Patented June 18, 1935 UNITED "STATES PA'IENT OFFICE 2,005,165 RAILWAYcAR BODY Charles De LosRice,fWest Hartford, Conn. Y Application January 18, 1934, V'Serial No. 707,199

s omims. r(o1. 10s-413)` This invention relates to railway cars, and has yparticular reference to the construction of the frame and body thereof.A The features of the present invention ndparticular adaptability in locomotive. cars of the type whichcarries an electric generator and'fmeans for driving the same such,for example,` asa Dieselr engine. The improvements will, therefore, be described in that connection, it being understood, howeverfthat 1 such disclosure is by way of illustrationand not by lway o'f limitation.

The object of the invention is to providea car having variousfeatures of novelty and advantage and' which is characterized by its simplicity in construction,1its lightness in weight, and its strength, rigidity, and durability. 1

1A further. aim of the invention is to provide an improved arrangement of car wherein the electric generating power vplant or plants carried vthereby may be positionedrelatively low so as to lower the center of gravity and to make the roof line lower than exists with regular passenger trains of today; "Other objects will be in part obvious,v and in 2 part 'pointed out more in detail hereinafter.V

Y The Vinvention accordingly consists in thefeal tures-'bf construction, combination r vof elements aii'd arrangement of parts which will beexemplifA fied inthe construction fhereinafter sety forth and the scope of the application of which will be indicated inthe appended claims. y

,In 'the accompanying drawings, wherein the various'features are illustrated.

lis a side view of a car equipped with two generators; v v .Fig..2 is a similar, view showing another embodiment' of thev invention, the car being of the combination locomotive and passenger or vfreight carrying type;

Fig.- 3-is ya transverse sectional view through the car body shown in Fig. 1, this-view being takensubstantially on line 3-3 of that figure, the power plant being omitted; Fig; 4 isa longitudinal; sectional view taken on line4 -4 ofFig.3; .f Fig,V 5 is a transverse sectional View taken substantially on line 5-5 of1Fig.l and Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 isa `longitudinal sectional viewy taken substantially on line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. '7 yis atransverse sectionalview taken on line 1-`I- of Fig. 2; n

Fig.- 8 Ais adetail view taken substantially on 5.5; line'8 8of Fig..5l; and I 22.y floors 2 3` at vthe ends of the .car over` the Fig. 9 is a detail View taken substantially on line 9--9of Fig.' 8. y

Referring tothe drawings in detail', in Fig. 1 is illustrated an electric locomotivehaving two power plants each of which mayinclude a drivis ing unit I9 and thev electric generator vI I. The driving units are preferably in the form of Diesel engines. These units are preferably positionedin reverse relation'on the longitudinal central line of the car. The axles (on which the wheels 9 of the locomotive arexed) arefassociated with suitable motors electrically connected with the generators, the'motorsnot being shown as they form no `part ofthe present invention. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the power plants are posil5 t'ioned'v between the truck ends of the car, and the central portion ofthe platform o-r floor of the car is of a lower level than those portions-ofthe platformwhich .are above the trucks, this arrangement being provided in .order to lower the center of gravity and'to eliminatethe necessity of raising the-roof of the car. In Fig. 21s disclosed a combinedlocomotive and passengerfcar.

In thiscase, the floor of the platform is of a 'uniform level throughout its length and the power 25 plant, including 'theV Diesel engine I0 and the forward end ofthe car is ,separated fromthe f passenger compartmentby a transverse partition I3. f

Reference will rst be had to the construction ofthe car body shown in Fig. 1. The {car body has two side sills, designated by the letter A, which extend from oneend of the car body to the other. Each of these side sills includes a pair of channel irons I5 and I6 positioned back toy back'and an interposed metalplate I'I extending above and below the top Aand bottom flanges of the channel irons.V The channel irons I5 and I6 and the interposed plate I'I are secured-together by rivets I8. At eachend of the car body isa pairvof longitudinally extending I-beams I9, the I-beams of veach pair beingpositioned somewhat to oppositer 'sidesof the longitudinal central line of the car.

The upper surfaces of ,these I-beams are in the Y plane ofthe top surfaces of the v'channel irons I6. TheseI-beams I9 are only slightly-longer than the trucks over which they are positioned. The I-beams are secured in proper spaced relation to the side sills-by means of transversely positioned I-beams 20 which are connected atone end to the I channel iron "I6 by angled plates or brackets 2| and at the other end to an I-beam I9 by brackets trucks are supported, as shown most clearly in Fig. 5, upon the upper surfaces provided by the channel irons I6, the longitudinally extending I-beams I9, and the cross beams 2G. Adjacent each end of the car and positioned substantially midway between the ends of the I-beams I8 and to opposite sides of the center pivot of the truck are a pair of transverse I-beams 25. These I-beams 25 are positioned transversely below the I-beams I9, and they are connected at their opposite ends to the lower flanges ofthe channel irons IS by right-angled joint plates 2G, there being two such plates at each end of an I-beam 25. These joint plates are secured to `opposite. sides of the vertical web of the I-beam by rivets" 21, and the horizontal iianges of the joint plates are secured against the underside of the channel iron I6 by bolts 28.

The longitudinally extending I-be'ams I9 are connected to the intermediate portions of the transverse I-beams 25, as shown most lclearly in Figs. 5, 6, and 8.` Referring to these figures, 30 is a rectangularanchor plate underlying and engaging the bottom surfaces of the I-beams I9- and secured to the lower flanges thereof by dogs or clips 3|. Eachv of these clips has a fulcrumed end resting upon the plate and an end overlying a flange of the I-beam. The clips are secured in place by means of bolts 32.' Secured to the underside of the anchor plate 30, as by means of screws 33, are seat blocks 34 recessed, as at 35, so as to receive and accommodate the upperedges of the I-beams 25. The flanges of the I-beams 25 are secured in these notches or recesses by clips 36 similar to the clips 3 I. These clips 36 are clamped against the angesof the I-bearns by tightening up the bolts 33. It willthus be'seen that the anchor plate 3D is secured to the longitudinally extending I-beams I9 by the clips or dogs 3 I, and the transverse I-beams 25 are secured to that plate by the blocks 34 and the dogs 36 so that the two sets of I-beams are securedtog'ether. The anchor plate is secured against creeping movement with respect to the I-be'ams I9 by tapered dowel pins 3l. These pins extend through the plate 3S and the lower flanges ofthe I-beams. They are drawn home and secured by nuts 3S. As will be hereinafter described more in detail, the pivot pin for the truck is secured to this plate 3D. f kThe intermediate portion of the car floor, in the embodiment shown in Fig. l, is supported, as most clearly shown in Figs. 3 and 4, at a level below Ythat ofthe end platforms. As previously stated, the intermediate portion of the platform is adapted to support the power plants and is brought to a lower level in order to lower the center of gravity and in orderv to lower the roof of the car below the usual level; Referring to' Figs. 3 and 4 more specically, it will be observed that'an angle iron 40 is secured tol each of the lower edges of the depending portionsA of the in'- terposed platesII vof the sills. Y These angle irons are secured to the plates I 'l by rivetsl 4 I. Secured, as by rivets, to the horizontally extending flanges of the angle irons are a pluralityof transverse I-bearns 42 whichin the present instance are eighteen in number, it being understood, of course, that thefnumbermay be changed to suit requirements. The I-beams 42' which support the generators are preferably arranged in pairs as illustrated, the I-beams 42 of eachpai'r being secured together byvbolts 43 which pass through spacing tubes 44 interposed between the'vertical websof the I-beams. The intermediate'floor 45 is supported on'l the top of the I-beams 42` andis theroof of the car.

preferably interposed between those I-beams and the channel irons 40.

The side framings of the car comprise vertical I-beams 4G the lower ends of which rest upon the top flanges of the outer channel irons I5 of the sills. The lower ends of these I-beams are connected to those flanges by brackets 41. The inner flanges of the Iebeams 46 are secured to the upwardly projecting portions of the intermediate plates Il of the sills, as by means of-'rivets 48. On the inside of the vertical struts or I-beams 46 is a lining 49 which may extend upwardly to The numeral 50 designates the sheathing or outside wall of the car body. This sheathing at the ends of the car terminates atrits lower edge coincidentally with the lower edge of the interposed plate I'I. The sheathing is secured to the vertical Webs of the sills by rivets 5I, and preferably spacing blocks 52 are interposed between the sills and the sheathing. The space between the lower edges of the interposed plates and the sheathing is enclosed by an inverted angle iron 53, which may be riveted in p-lace. The space above the angle iron 53 and between the sheathing on the outside, and the side sill and lining on the inside, may be filled with a heat insulating material 39, such as ground cork (see Fig. 5). The channel irons prevent the insulating material from falling out.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4, the sheathing 50, between the raised end platforms, has its lower edge extending slightly below the transverse I- beams 42. The ends of these I-beams are attached to the sheathing by brackets 54. Secured to'the lower edge of the sheathing is van angle iron 55 having its horizontal web extending inwardly. The ends 'of the I-beams 42 rest upon this flange. The angle iron is secured to the sheathing in any suitable way, as by means of rivets 55. It will be observed that, with the arrangement described, the I-beams. constituting the central portion of the platform, are suspended from the intermediate plates I 1 of the sills by the angle irons 49, and the I-beams 42 are connected to and supported in part by the sheathing 50, thus forming a rigid, durable construction in which thefparts are securely heldv together. As shown most clearly in Fig. 4, the spaces between the endsv of the intermediate floor 45 and the adjacent ends of the raised floors 23 are closed by sheet metal riser plates 51.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 to 4, inclusive, the intermediate floor of lower level is disclosed, for illustrative purposes only, as extending substantially the full distance between the trucks. It is, of course, understood that the dropped floor may be of lesser length; for example, it vmay extend. from the front truck back half way of the car length. In this case, one power plant unit may be supported by the dropped floor, and the rearward half of the car may be used for mail or express, or both.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 2, the oor 58 is of the same level throughout its length, as previously stated. In this case, the construction of the platform at each end of the car is similar to that shown in Figs. 5 and 6. However, the centrally located I-beams I9 extend from one end of the'car to the other. At spaced intervals throughout the length of the car are transverse I-beams 59 thev upper anges of which are secured to the lower iianges of the I-beams I 9', as by means of rivets 60. The ends of the cross beams 59 are secured to the lower flanges. of

the channel irons I6 by means of joint brackets In Figs. and 6, portions of the trucks are shown. It is understood, ofA course, that the trucks may be of any suitable construction, that shown in the drawings being by way of illustration only. In the present instance, each truck has a vframe comprising a pair of longitudinally extending bolsters in the form of H-beams 10 which are tied together by transverse I-beams. The transverse I-beams are connected together by a top plate '52, thelatter being riveted tothe upper iianges of the I-beams. On tcp ofthe plate are a pair of spaced apart longitudinally extending beams i3 connected by ybraces 14. The beams 13 support a plate 15 to which is secured a bearing member i6 in which the lower end ofthe truck pivot pin 'El is journaled. This pin is fixed to and extends through a sleeve 18 having a flange 'I9 which rests on top of and is secured to the afore-described anchor plate 3D.'

The side bearings between the truck and the car body may be of any suitable construction, each of them here being shown as comprising a bearing member 80 in the form of a short l-l-beam secured to and extending longitudinally of a bolster lil; a top bearing member 8l secured to the undersides of the I-beams 25; and an inter,- posed roller 82. The member 8l'has at each side a depending flange 83 so as to prevent axial displacement of the roller. Adjacent each end of the member 8| is a bolt 84, and these bolts consti-y tute end stops for preventing the roller from rolling off of the bottom bearing member 8U.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely diiTer ent embodiments of this invention could' be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Itis also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specinc features of the invention herein described and all statements 0f the scope of the invention which, as a mat-ter` of language, might be said to fall therebetween.`

I claim as my invention:

1. In a railway car, a car body having a pair of side sills extending throughout the length of the car, a floor at each end of the car above the trucks and supported by said sills at an upper level, a sheathing at each side of the car and extending downwardly below said sills between said end floors, transverse beams between the end iioors and extending beneath said sills from one sheathing to the other sheathing, means for connecting said transverse beams to said sills, means for connecting the ends of said transverse beams to said sheathings, and a floor supported by said transverse beams located below the level yof the end floors.

secured to said plates, longitudinally extending beamsL between said channel irons and having f their upper surfaces level with the upper surfaces of said channel irons, a floor supportedon the inner channel irons and said longitudinally extending beams, and transverse 'beams below said longitudinally extending beams andhaving their f ends connected to said side sills.

3. In a railway. car, a car body 'having a'pair' of side sills each comprising-a pair of channel irons positioned back to back and an interposed plate between the channel irons and extending above and below the channel irons, vertical beams resting on the upper horizontal flanges 'of the outer channel irons and having their inner webs secured to said plates, longitudinally exing'the latter, and means for connecting the ends of said transverse beams to said sills.

4. In a railway car, a car body having a pair of side sills each comprising a pair of channel irons positioned'back to back andan interposed plate between the channel irons and extending above the trucks and supported upon the upper edges of the inner channel irons, transverse beamsbetween the end oors andextending be-f neath said sills, a floor supported on said transverse beams and located ata level below said end floors, and channel irons connecting `said beams to the depending portions of saidplates.

5. In a railway car, a car body having a'pair of side sills each comprising a pairof channel irons positioned back to back and an interposed platey between the channel irons and extending above and below the same, vertical beams restingupon the upper flanges of the outer channel irons and having their inner webs secured to the y upwardly extending portions of said interposedk plates, a iioor at each end of the car andsup portedrupo'n the inner channel irons, a sheathing on each side of the car extending between said end floors below the lower edges of said inter- L below the same, a iioor at each end of the car posed plates, transverse beams between said end" floors extending below said sills and from one sheathing to the other, angle ironsfor connect' ing said transverse beams to the lower edges of the depending portions of said interposed plates, and means for connecting the ends of said trans-y verse beams to said sheathings, l

6. In a railway car, a car body having Va pairA of side sills each comprising a pair of channel irons positioned back to' back and an interposed plate between the channel irons and extending above and below the same, `vertical beams resting upon the outer channel iro-ns, a lining on the inside of said vertical beams, a sheathing on each side ofy the `car and .extending down below said channel irons, an inverted channel in the -space between the lower edge of said interposed plate and said sheathing, and an insulating material in the' space between said lining and sheathing and above said inverted channel iron.

CHARLES DE Los RICE. 

